- Tuesday, March 11, 2025
SHE made the headlines on Sunday (31) after whipping off her England jersey after scoring the winner against continental rivals Germany in the final of Euro 2022 in Wembley, London, and running in her sports bra, making the image an iconic one for feminists who identify themselves closely with the…
INDIA and Maldives on Tuesday (2) inked six agreements to expand cooperation in a range of areas including cyber security, with prime minister Narendra Modi announcing a $100 million (£82 million) financial aid to help the island-nation complete certain infrastructure projects. After wide-ranging talks with visiting Maldivian president Ibrahim Mohamed…
PAKISTAN'S electoral watchdog on Tuesday (2) issued a showcause notice to ousted prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party for allegedly receiving prohibited funding from 34 foreign nationals. A three-member bench of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), comprising chief election commissioner Sikander Sultan Raja, Nisar Ahmed Durrani and…
BRITISH prime ministerial frontrunner Liz Truss on Monday (1) had an awkward slip-up while speaking about her foreign policy visions in front of Tory members at the second Conservative Party hustings at Exeter against opponent Rishi Sunak. The British foreign secretary, while speaking to TalkTV hustings, said, "I will also…
THE UK's Royal Mint has issued a new 24-karat gold bar engraved with an image of Lord Ganesh for sale in the lead up to Ganesh Chaturthi on August 31, marking an expansion of its Indian-inspired gold minted bullion bar range. The 20-gram "999.9 fine gold" Ganesh bullion bar is…
INDIA captain Rohit Sharma, who is also one of his side's most prolific scorers, became the highest run-maker in the T20 format on Friday (29) after hitting a match-winning 64 in only 44 deliveries against the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago. He went past New Zealand's Martin Guptill to…
AL-QAEDA chief Ayman al-Zawahiri's death in a US drone strike in Afghanistan is proof that it is possible to root out terrorism without being at war, former US president Barack Obama has said, hailing the current Joe Biden administration for bringing one of the masterminds of the 9/11 attacks to…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi's brother Prahlad Modi, who is also the vice president of All India Fair Price Shop Dealers' Federation, on Tuesday (2) staged a dharna at Jantar Mantar in Delhi with various demands of the organisation. Prahlad along with several other members of the All India Fair…
A UNITED STATES drone strike killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri at a hideout in Kabul, president Joe Biden said Monday (1), declaring that "justice had been delivered" to the families of the 9/11 attacks. Zawahiri's assassination is the biggest blow to Al-Qaeda since US special forces killed Osama bin Laden…
A RECORD-BREAKING six-wicket haul by Obed McCoy paved the way for a nervy series-levelling five-wicket win for the West Indies over India in the second T20 International of the five-match series at Warner Park in St Kitts on Monday (2). Comfortable winners of the opening encounter in Trinidad three days…
